Alloy Wheel Centre Caps

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Vijay

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Hi all,
Quick question - I'm currently having my alloys refurbished, and the centre caps need replacing.
Anyone confirm the correct size, 68mm?
Standard MV2 alloys...
 
Nictrix said:
At that price you could put a new set on every 6 months :)
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Hah, effort though :P

A pal of mine bought cheapo ones at the same time as me. His look pretty bad now, and mine look brand new :D
 
Probocop said:
Nictrix said:
At that price you could put a new set on every 6 months :)
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Hah, effort though :P

A pal of mine bought cheapo ones at the same time as me. His look pretty bad now, and mine look brand new :D
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:D If you were just going to bin the old ones you wouldn't even need to take the wheels off.
Just put a screw in the centre of the old cap and pull them off with pliers.
 
Vijay said:
Ok but are they 68MM! :D
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Yes definitely. I've recently bought fleabay ones for my MV3's. Bought a spare set too for when they start to look a bit tatty. BMW oem ones are just silly money imho.
 
oldgitdave said:
Vijay said:
Ok but are they 68MM! :D
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Yes definitely. I've recently bought fleabay ones for my MV3's. Bought a spare set too for when they start to look a bit tatty. BMW oem ones are just silly money imho.
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They were £34 for 4 oem centre caps when I last purchased them. £8.50 per badge, hardly extortionate.

My wife's A class centre caps cost over £60 for the 4. :headbang:
 
Yeah genuine ones are around £40 and probs do last longer, my fake £4 quid ones last about 3 years then look a bit worse for wear.
 
There are some things I’d always just shell out for genuine parts, wheel caps are one of those things. I hate the disappointment of buying cheap and they don’t fit quite right, or there’s a little flaw that only you can see, but you see it every time. The last set of genuine ones I bought lasted over 5 years, and to be honest I could have re-used 2 of them. You spend £3-400 refreshing your wheels, they deserve better than £4 wheel caps :D
 
I bought some cheap caps of eBay for my E89. They were crap and didn’t fit correctly so I binned them. My OEM caps cost me £39 and were worth every penny. You get what you pay for. 🙂
 
Not sure if I have genuine or not now!
They are not a tight fit at all, I can actually turn them round when it’s fitted in...
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